It has been a day of blessingsmixed with discouraging words from a dear family member who is hurting beyond my ability to help.

We seem to be learningoverandoverandover againjust how little we know about us.Our bodies, minds, and soulsremain such mysteriesand it really, really hurts sometimesto know so very little.

i must hasten to insert here:

i am deeply gratefulparticularly this weekto live in a world where antibiotics workfor that which bites me once or twice a year.And only wish medical doctors knew moreabout a whole lot more.

Especially when our minds and soulsgo haywire.

One always hopes to be able to bind wounds.It feels hollow not to have any answersat allfor that lovely, hurting family member.Not a single solitary word or action from me can possibly do any good.Gratefully, that person is not alonebut it feels so wrong that such a lovely soulshould be caught in such a tangled roller coasterthat seems to just go on and on...

i confess:i was relieved when it hit me, thatthe best thing i can do for that loved oneat this moment in timeis say and do nothingbut pray.

It really, truly isin another's hands.

i was sitting herelooking for something to smile and/or laugh atwhen i happened to click my over toLovely Lucy's delectable postit was "just what the doctor ordered".And while enjoying the delights therewhich was exactly 24 minutes agothis happened in the window right in front of me

and

then

the sunshe decided she wasn't finishedand gave this bright exclamation point on the day